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Post by Country Joe on Jun 15, 2020 10:40:13 GMT
Welcome steamrocket to the OGF.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 10:43:34 GMT
Wellcome to the Forum. Please share a bit about yourself. This is a fun place.
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Post by Adam on Jun 15, 2020 10:57:39 GMT
Welcome to the OGF! Nice to have you here!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 10:57:59 GMT
WELCOME STEAMROCKET!!! GREAT MONIKER!! GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE AT THE OGF! LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR POSTS. FIRE HER UP AND BLAST DOWN THE TRACKS!!
Regards,
Gary and Cheryl.
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Post by Joe Saggese on Jun 15, 2020 10:59:06 GMT
Welcome to OGF!!!!!
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Post by josef on Jun 15, 2020 13:11:39 GMT
Welcome aboard the OGF Express. When you get a chance, share with us your favorite railroad and engines.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 13:19:00 GMT
Wow, thanks everyone! Really appreciate the big welcome! Bill asked me to share about myself, so here goes: I'm a Gen X'er about 10 or 15 years from retirement (I hope!). I grew up in the 70s and 80s outside of Pittsburgh and got started with some prewar O gauge trains from my grandfather, then later picked up a few postwar and MPC Lionel sets from local hobby shops. My father, grandfather, and I built a small layout in our basement. Like a lot of people, I lost interest in the trains when I went to college and they were carefully packed away. 20 years later I got interested again when my boys were old enough to appreciate the trains. This was about 2007. At the time, we had just moved into a larger home, I had discovered Ebay, and my boys got into Lego trains (very cool!). We built a small layout that has been expanding as I've continued to collect. I collect primarily pre-war Lionel, American Flyer, Marx, and a few others. Despite my boys aging out, I still acquire and build the Lego trains, too. Recently, I've started collecting pre-war Standard and Wide gauge. I just picked up a really nice 402E and some 200 series freight cars. Really love these as they are true toy trains and incredibly well built. I'm an engineer by trade (work in the aerospace rocket industry, hence my username) and really appreciate the design and mechanics of tinplate. I'm currently planning for a much larger layout and trying to figure out how to incorporate my varied interests in a coherent manner.
Anyway, very happy to be here! Thanks so much for the warm welcome!
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Post by Adam on Jun 15, 2020 13:24:48 GMT
My daughter is a huge LEGO fan and, of course, so am I. I would love to see photos or video of your LEGO trains and other structures.
Welcome aboard!
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Post by ptc on Jun 15, 2020 13:32:56 GMT
Keep the good times rolling, welcome steamrocket.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 13:45:11 GMT
Thanks, Adam. I'll post a few photos as soon as I can.
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Post by thebigcrabcake on Jun 15, 2020 14:09:40 GMT
Welcome aboard Steamrocket. You’re one of us now. Looking forward to your posts.
Emile
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Post by dennym57 on Jun 15, 2020 14:26:17 GMT
Welcome aboard!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 16:26:03 GMT
Welcome to the OGF!
Thanks for the bio.
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Post by Country Joe on Jun 15, 2020 19:02:50 GMT
Wow, thanks everyone! Really appreciate the big welcome! Bill asked me to share about myself, so here goes: I'm a Gen X'er about 10 or 15 years from retirement (I hope!). I grew up in the 70s and 80s outside of Pittsburgh and got started with some prewar O gauge trains from my grandfather, then later picked up a few postwar and MPC Lionel sets from local hobby shops. My father, grandfather, and I built a small layout in our basement. Like a lot of people, I lost interest in the trains when I went to college and they were carefully packed away. 20 years later I got interested again when my boys were old enough to appreciate the trains. This was about 2007. At the time, we had just moved into a larger home, I had discovered Ebay, and my boys got into Lego trains (very cool!). We built a small layout that has been expanding as I've continued to collect. I collect primarily pre-war Lionel, American Flyer, Marx, and a few others. Despite my boys aging out, I still acquire and build the Lego trains, too. Recently, I've started collecting pre-war Standard and Wide gauge. I just picked up a really nice 402E and some 200 series freight cars. Really love these as they are true toy trains and incredibly well built. I'm an engineer by trade (work in the aerospace rocket industry, hence my username) and really appreciate the design and mechanics of tinplate. I'm currently planning for a much larger layout and trying to figure out how to incorporate my varied interests in a coherent manner. Anyway, very happy to be here! Thanks so much for the warm welcome!
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Post by RLM on Jun 15, 2020 20:05:21 GMT
Welcome to OFG Steamrocket!
Hope you will find here everything you need.
Andre
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